Services: Northwest Office

  North West Office

CHNI continues to expand their service to members outside the greater Belfast area and into the Republic of Ireland through our North West Office. 

The North West Office has two staff at present, Bernie Heery, North West officer (pictured left) and Majella Quigley, Administration.

Office contact details click here

What's on this page?

Training (click on link): Homelessness: Reasons, Risks & Responses Seminar, Weds 31st March 2010

Supporting People

SP Fora minutes

Date of next SP Floating support / focus group meetings

Date of next Members' forum meeting

SP updates & Newsletter

This Month's Northwest News

Members' Projects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Training

To facilitate our membership in addressing their needs, CHNI offers Training courses at North West venues.  If you are interested in what training is offered in the North West area, please visit the training pages.

Similarly, if you have a specific training need, contact Bernie or Majella at tel: 02871366363, or email as detailed below.

 

Events:
 

rough sleepers & street drinkers event in Derry

Working Together to Deliver Effective Services To Rough Sleepers and Street Drinkers

As part of the implementation of the Rough Sleepers and Street Drinkers Strategy for Derry/Londonderry, the Council for the Homeless NI and De Paul Ireland hosted a good practice event of behalf of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and Supporting People. The event was held at the Everglades Hotel, Derry, on Thursday 15th April 2010. 

The aim of the event was to provide stakeholders with:

  • an overview of the Rough Sleepers and Street Drinkers Strategy  and progress on implementation 
  • examples of national, regional and local good practice in delivering accommodation and support services to those who are homeless or at risk from homelessness as a result of an addiction
  • an opportunity for the wider sector to discuss issues in delivering services to those with addiction problems
  • Workshops will focus on practical issues including effective partnership working and delivering outcome focused services

Speakers included (click on link for presentation):
 
 

NW Staff activities

We successfully hosted the DSD Committee Members meeting on the 10th December up here in the Northwest. The meeting ran with the usual order of business in the Millennium Forum, and the Committee members then kindly agreed to visit a local supported housing project in the area.

FHASS, Shepherds View Young Families Project was the project visited and the committee members were impressed by the quality standards of the project and by the dedication of the staff on site at the project.

We would just like to thank Kevin Wright, Tracey Healy, Hazel and Pamela for their commitment to making the visit a pleasure for all on the day. 

We continue to provide valued support to our Member Organisations through one-to-one work.  

The CHNI/NICVA/SP Collaborative Working event on 18th November 2009 was very successful. Well attended by providers and there was an expressed interest for further events to take place in the future.

We will be having our next NW Members Forum on Friday 12th February 2010, in Foyle Haven, John Street Derry.  We will be having an officer from the Public Protection Unit there to give a presentation, also other CHNI/SP updates.
 
 

Supporting People
Supporting People continues to be a dominant issue within the sector, and the North West Regional Office continues to meet the Supporting People needs of providers in those areas.  For further Supporting People information, please visit the SP pages within this site.

If you have a specific SP query, contact Bernie, at the North West office or Malcolm Christy, at the Central Office.
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SP fora minutes
Focus Group   Floating Support
6 March 2008   4 April 2008
19 November 2008   5 Sept 2008
25 February 2009    

 

Date of next Members' Forum
date: Wednesday 8th July 2009
time:  10.30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
venue:

 CHNI Northwest, Unit 15 Rath Mor Centre, Bligh's Lane, Derry
other information:

 

 

SP updates & Newsletter

For all the SP News click here

 

This month's North West news

 

New Office for CHNI Northwest

Until further notice, the Northwest Regional office's contact details are as follows:
Unit 15 Rathmore Centre
Blighs Lane
Derry
BT48 0LZ

All other contact details remain the same:

Tel: 028 71366363
Fax: 028 71366364
Email: bernie@chni.org.uk / majella@chni.org.uk

 
Click here for a map for the location of North West Office
 
 

Partnership Working Seminar. 

As part of the new CHNI / NIFHA Supporting People project, we are organising a seminar in conjunction with HACT, to look at models of partnership working. This event is fully funded by the Supporting People Team.
This seminar is suitable for Board Members, Chief Executives, Directors and others with responsibility for strategic development within organisations. For the convenience of providers we will be holding the seminar on two different dates, as stated below;

• Tuesday 4th August 2009, City Hotel, Derry
• Wednesday 5th August 2009, Mount Conference Centre, Belfast

We have forwarded an initial flyer about the event to allow for diary planning, and would request that you contact Majella Quigley at the Northwest Office via email or phone, with expressions of interest in attending.  We expect these seminars to be oversubscribed, and may have to restrict numbers if necessary. For flyer, click here

 
 

Foyle Valley House Open Day

(Foyle valley House is a hostel for homeless women with alcohol addictions)

Foyle Valley House would like to invite you to our open day on the 26th of June from 11am-3pm.

On sale will be; home made baking, bric a brack, arts and crafts, plants and hanging baskets, as well as fun activities for all such as tombola, karaoke, face painting and games

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members' Projects
  • DA, Young Fathers Project
  • SAIL: Supporting Adults for Independent Living Project

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    'DA Young Father's Project'
    CLICK HERE FOR FLYER

    The Young Father's Project, Shepherd's View, Derry is run by First Housing. It aims include:

    • Support vulnerable young men/fathers aged between 14 to 25 years
    • Develop the confidence of young men in their role as parents
    • Support disadvantaged and socially excluded young men/fathers to address other issues in their lives
    • Develop a strong local network of multi-agency support
    • Influence the way professional agencies respond to young fathers
    • Empower young fathers to help influence service providers

    'Da' - Young Father's Project helps young men to:

    • Spend more time with their child(ren)
    • Develop parenting skills
    • Meeting other dads
    • Get information and/or advice about education, training, employment, housing, money matters and legal issues
    • Developing relationship skills and managing conflict (mediation service)
    • Getting information and/or advice on health matters.

    Contact the Young Fathers Project:

    The Young Father's Project,
    Shepherd's View, Shepherd's Glen,
    Glendermott Road,
    Waterside, L 'Derry, BT472GB.
    Telephone: 028 71 348728
    email: youngfathersproject@first-housing.com

     

     

    Supporting Adults for Independent
    Living     
         

    SAIL Resettlement Service for Homeless People in Mid-Ulster & South Tyrone The SAIL Project has been established by the M.U.S.T Hostel in Cookstown.  The aim of the service is to reduce the incidence of homelessness and to enable people to live independently within our community.  The SAIL Project aims to deliver a modern supported housing service by providing practical advice and support during the period of transition between homelessness and resettlement.


    Support and advice is offered on a wide range of areas such as accessing housing, difficulties with landlords, dealing with rent arrears, applying for benefits and accessing services.
    Referrals are welcome from voluntary and statutory agencies as well as self referrals from members of the community.

    For more information or to make a referral to the service please contact
    Mary Bradley
    Resettlement Officer
    M.U.S.T Hostel
    73 Molesworth Street
    Cookstown, Co. Tyrone,
    BT80 8PA
    Tel: 028 867 61586

    This project has been funded by the N.I.H.E and Supporting People.              

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    If you have some news you wish to share with members, please contact Majella (details below). Feel free to forward information about any new projects, events, new staff, or general news!

     

     

     Office contact details

    Until further notice, the Northwest Regional office's contact details are as follows:
    Unit 15 Rathmore Centre
    Blighs Lane
    Derry
    BT48 0LZ

    All other contact details remain the same:

    Tel: 028 71366363
    Fax: 028 71366364
    Email: bernie@chni.org.uk

     
    Click here for a map for the location of North West Office

     

     

     

    Contacts

    Majella Quigley, Adminstration, North West office
    Bernie Heery, North West Officer